. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/107 
9 January 2008 
 (08-0099) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial  (Ministry 
of the Environment, Housing and Territorial Development) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   Ministry of the 
Environment, Housing and Territorial Development 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X  ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Land-based mobile 
sources for freight or passenger transportation 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial "Por la cual se 
reglamentan los niveles permisibles de emisi ón de contaminantes producidos por fuentes 
móviles terrestres, se definen los equipos y procedimientos de medición de dichas 
emisiones, se reglamenta el artículo 91 del Decreto 948 de 1995 y se adoptan otras 
disposiciones" (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of the Environment, Housing and 
Territorial Development "regulating the perm issible levels for pollutant emissions from 
land-based mobile sources, specifying the e quipment and procedures for measuring such 
emissions, establishing regulations under Article 91 of Decree No. 948 of 1995, and 
adopting other provisions") (29 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution establishes the maximum 
permissible levels for pollutant emissions  from land-based mobile sources, adopts the 
equipment and procedures for measuring such emissions, regulates the requirements and 
certification to which both imported and domest ically manufactured vehicles and other 
mobile sources are subject, and adopts other provisions, in order to help protect public 
health from the possible adverse effects of mobile sources.  It covers the following: 
Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  Exceptions;  Upgrading, refurbishing, overhauling or adaptation of the public transport service flee t;  Maximum permissible emission levels for 
mobile sources using static testing procedur es;  Procedures for evaluating emissions from 
mobile sources using static testing procedures;   Provisions relating to the certification of 
pollutant emissions from mobile sources;  Mandatory verification of pollutant emissions from mobile sources;  Approval, monitoring and control of vehicle diagnostic centres;  
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  6. Description of content:   (cont'd) 
Monitoring and control of mobile sources, Classification of mobile sources;  Maximum 
permissible emission levels using dynamic te sting procedures;  Procedures for evaluating 
emissions from mobile sources using dynamic tes ting procedures;  Dynamic test emissions 
certificate and approval under the Montreal Prot ocol;  Penalties;  Annexes, and Period of 
validity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 To establish the maximum permissible levels for pollutant emissions from 
land-based mobile sources, adopt the e quipment and procedures for measuring such 
emissions, regulate the requirements and cer tification to which both imported and 
domestically manufactured vehicles and other mobile sources are subject, and adopt other 
provisions, in order to help protect public health from the possible adverse effects of mobile 
sources. 
8. Relevant documents:   Dynamic test emissions certificate format 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Date of publication in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments:   30 March 2008 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body:  
Enquiry Point: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. Tel.: (+571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: (+571) 241-0480 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co
 
 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 No. 13A-15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (+571) 241-0478 
Web site: http://secgen.comunidadandina.org/sirt